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The Merrill Lynch Commodity Alpha Certificate

Monday, April 02, 2007
Is designed to generate commodity based performance in bull and bear markets.

A SQUARE :: 02Apr07 The Merrill Lynch Commodity Alpha Certificate
Category Commodity Alpha
Author Sona Blessing
Focus:

The certificate offers investors access to low volatility generated, “commodity alpha” which is captured by its underlying, the Merrill Lynch Commodity Index Extra Excess Return (MLCXER) against its benchmark
index, the Goldman Sachs Commodity Excess Return Index(GSCIER)

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